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Permit set drafting

We pull the load. Your engineer holds the reins.

Draft Horse drafts permit plan sets for commercial solar and EV fast-charging projects. Your engineer of record directs the work and seals it. We do the drawing, at a fixed price per job.

Sample sheet: roof plan and array layout An example drawing sheet showing a commercial roof with three solar array blocks, setbacks, dimensions, equipment callouts and a title block. 123 204'-0" 142'-0" 04060 FT 1 ROOF PLAN MAIN SERVICE Draft Horse DRAFTING PROJECT SAMPLE ROOFTOPSOLAR PROJECT ENGINEER OF RECORDBY CLIENT SHEET TITLE ROOF PLAN ANDARRAY LAYOUT REVISSUE 0FOR PERMIT SCALE1" = 20'-0" SHEETA-102
Sample sheet, for illustration
Rows of solar panels on a large flat commercial roof, seen from above

Rooftop solar

Commercial and industrial roofs.

A ground-mount solar array on open high-desert land with an equipment pad

Ground-mount solar

Farm, ranch and open-site arrays.

Four fast-charging dispensers on a concrete island in a parking lot

DC fast charging

Charging plazas, pads and striping.

A pad-mounted transformer and switchgear on the outside wall of a commercial building

Service upgrades

New and larger electrical services.

Images are illustrative.

Services

What we draft

For contractors, developers and site owners who have a project and need the drawings to move it forward.

Permit plan sets

The full drawing set for the building department: site plan, layouts, single-line diagram, elevations, details and labels. Drafted to your engineer's criteria and revised to their markups until it's ready for their seal.

For the building permit

Application drawings

The drawings a grant, rebate or incentive program asks for, matched line by line to the program's own checklist.

For the funding application

Utility service requests

The site plan, single-line diagram and load summary your utility needs before it will size a new or larger service.

For the power company

Plan-check revisions

When the reviewer's comments come back, we update the sheets, cloud every change and log it in the revision block, so the resubmittal answers each comment by number.

For the resubmittal
Sample set

What's in a set

Choose a project and a package to see a typical sheet index.

Project
Package
Sheet index

    A typical index, shown as an example. Your jurisdiction and your engineer set the final list.

    Process

    How a job runs

    Send the project

    Send the site, the equipment and your engineer's contact. We reply with a fixed price and a delivery date in writing.

    We draft

    Your engineer sets the criteria. We draw the sheets to them and keep a decision log, so every call on the drawings traces back to the person licensed to make it.

    Your engineer marks up

    We turn the markups and reissue the set until your engineer is satisfied with every sheet.

    Seal and submit

    Your engineer seals the set and you submit it. If plan check sends comments, we handle the revisions.

    Draft Horse

    • Draws every sheet
    • Keeps titles, numbering and notes consistent across the set
    • Tracks revisions and the decision log
    • Turns markups from your engineer and the plan reviewer

    Your engineer

    • Sets the design criteria before we draw
    • Makes the engineering decisions and calculations
    • Reviews and marks up the set
    • Seals it

    You

    • Provide the site information and equipment
    • Submit to the building department
    • Build the project
    A hand with a red pen drawing a revision cloud on a solar roof plan

    We draw. We don't play engineer.

    Draft Horse is a drafting company. We don't practice engineering and we don't promise permits; approval is the building department's decision. Our job is to hand it a clear, complete set, and to turn every markup that comes back.

    Pricing

    Fixed price, quoted up front

    One price per job, in writing, before we start. The quote lists the sheets you're getting, what's included and the delivery date. Nothing is billed by the hour.

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    Rush

    Draft Horse Express

    On a tight deadline? Ask for Express when you send the project. We'll quote the rush date next to the standard one, and you choose.

    Questions

    Common questions

    Are you an engineering firm?

    No. Draft Horse is a drafting company. A licensed engineer directs the work on every permit set and is the one who seals it.

    Do I need my own engineer?

    For a permit plan set, yes, and they need to be on the job before we start drawing. If you don't have one yet, tell us and we'll talk through your options.

    Will my permit be approved?

    That's the building department's decision, so nobody can promise it. We draw a clear, complete set and stay on the job through plan-check comments.

    What do you need from me?

    The site address, the utility, an equipment list or cut sheets, any existing drawings or photos, and your engineer's contact.

    What do I get back?

    A PDF plan set on titled, numbered sheets, with a revision block that shows what changed and when.

    Where do you work?

    We're based in Idaho. Whether we can take a job elsewhere depends on that state's rules and where your engineer is licensed, so ask.

    Contact

    Start a project

    Fill in the details and the form opens an email, ready for you to send. Or write to us directly.

    hello@drafthorseco.com
    A bound plan set on a building department counter